Chapter 44: Court Discussion

Following this shout, everyone quickly bowed to the north and bowed their heads together to salute.

The young emperor Liu Hui and the queen mother Qi Zhenzhen walked to the front of the hall, protected by a line of honor guards.

The young emperor Liu Hui took his seat, and the Queen Mother immediately sat next to him.

The courtiers were even more surprised, simply shocked: the Queen Mother had been imprisoned in the harem for several years by the Emperor, Liu Yuan, Zhao Teng and others, why did she appear at this time?

As this thought came to mind, everyone was surprised: Why are the two people who monopolized power missing? Prince Liu Zixing is also missing? !

After the emperor and the queen mother were seated, the eunuch in charge of ceremony immediately turned to face the court and shouted loudly: "Songhu——"

All the courtiers had no choice but to bury the panic and fear in their hearts for the time being, and immediately danced together and shouted long live.

After the worship dance, the courtiers were divided into civil and military groups and stood on both sides, and then they all looked at the emperor and the queen mother.

Emperor Liu Hui was about to speak, but he held back. He stretched out his hand to make a petition, and Queen Mother Qi Zhenzhen nodded. She looked at Miao Guang who was standing next to her, and then turned to face the court.

All the courtiers were waiting for her to speak, hoping to solve the mystery as soon as possible.

"His Royal Highness Xiao Nanchen, please come into the palace." Her voice was low, but all the courtiers heard her clearly and were immediately shocked.

King Xiao Nanchen has entered the city again?

Amid the frightened expressions on everyone's faces, the servants inside and outside the Taiji Palace successively announced their orders: "Please invite His Royal Highness Xiao Nanchen to enter the palace——"

Continuous shouts broke the silence of the palace.

Xiao Nanchen Wang Zhou Shengchen, wearing a black brocade robe, slowly walked up the stairs.

After entering the hall, as soon as his figure appeared, the courtiers immediately whispered: "Last time he came, he was wearing a white robe; this time he came, he is wearing a black robe! Is this the plan to raise weapons?"

As everyone watched in horror but could only show reverence, Zhou Shengchen walked slowly among them and stood in front of the dragon chair.

Yang Guang gave a slight salute and stood to the outside.

Seeing that the courtesy he received was second only to His Majesty and the Queen Mother, all the court officials quickly raised their hands and said hello: "Welcome King Xiao Nanchen."

"No courtesy." Zhou Shengchen said, then looked at the emperor and the queen mother.

The emperor couldn't help but feel uneasy in his heart, and stood up and said: "Uncle Emperor, I was unscrupulous a few years ago and was deceived by Liu Yuan and Zhao Teng. That's why I did many wrong things, and I was even forced to confine my mother."

After that, he knelt down beside Queen Mother Qi Zhenzhen and cried bitterly.

Qi Zhenzhen was naturally gnashing his teeth with hatred, but Zhou Shengchen spoke first: "Since your Majesty respects me as your uncle, then just listen to my words - Your Majesty is young after all, and there is no need to mention the past."

The young emperor Liu Hui stood up obediently, bowed his hands to the Queen Mother, and then sat back on the throne.

Queen Mother Qi Zhenzhen felt very sorry for not being able to show off in public, but because she was afraid of King Xiao Nanchen, she could only pretend to be calm and said: "Your Majesty admits your mistake. Gu Gu thinks that it is Liu Yuan and Zhao Teng who are rebellious and crazy, so we can't go too far. Calculate.”

After saying that, she stood up, took a few steps closer, and said to the courtiers: "His Majesty issued a secret decree and asked the prince to hand it over to King Xiao Nanchen. So, King Xiao Nanchen took advantage of the opportunity of escorting Nanxiao Prince Xiao Yan to secretly Enter the city to quell the chaos."

After receiving the decryption, all the courtiers took a long breath. Immediately, these cowering turtles in the past began to curse Liu Yuan and Zhao Teng.

"Quiet." The deacon and chamberlain reminded loudly, and all the courtiers stopped talking.

Qi Zhenzhen spoke again: "Currently Liu Yuan and Zhao Teng have been brought to justice, and the Imperial Guards immediately began to clean up their remaining members."

When this voice came, all the courtiers shuddered again: This was another brutal struggle to concentrate power in the hands of the Queen Mother.

"I promise that we are just fighting the rebellion and will never harm innocent people." Zhou Shengchen interjected, "Also, Prince Liu Zixing bravely captured and killed Zhao Teng, but unfortunately he was injured by Zhao Teng's subordinates."

The courtiers clicked their tongues again and sighed with emotion and whispered: "The prince is so pitiful and so brave!"

"However," Zhou Shengchen continued, "I have also investigated clearly that Liu Zixing's daily friendship with traitors such as Liu Yuan and Zhao Teng is also a heinous crime."

After hearing this, all the courtiers exclaimed: "It turns out that the prince has rebelled against him for a long time. He really deserves to be killed!"

"I think that after all he killed Zhao Teng, he still had merit. Therefore, I decided to ask your Majesty to imprison him in the East Palace forever and never see the light of day again." Zhou Shengchen said coldly.

Emperor Liu Hui immediately said: "What the emperor said is absolutely true. I have been deceived by the prince for a long time, so it should be like this!"

The courtiers cheered again: "King Xiao Nanchen is wise and decisive!"

Seeing them noisy and noisy, Zhou Shengchen immediately looked at Piao Guang.

After coughing a few times, Yang Guang slowly stepped forward and said, "The deposed Prince Liu Zixing has no moral character. Fortunately, I have declared to the Queen Mother a long time ago and annulled the non-existent engagement. This has preserved the reputation of the Yang family. It is said that we should thank King Xiao Nanchen."

After saying that, he bowed to Zhou Shengchen seriously.

"The Taifu is the shrewdest, and I am also vigilant, so I didn't let Liu Zixing succeed." Zhou Shengchen said approvingly.

Seeing the clever correspondence between the two men, the courtiers praised each other again and again.

"Okay, the rest of the matters have been taken care of. Now, please ask Your Majesty to personally try the case of Prince Nan Xiao." Zhou Shengchen said.

The little emperor Liu Hui nodded immediately and then ordered: "Let Xiao Yan enter the palace!"

The servants shouted again, and Xiao Yan walked into the hall under the supervision of several imperial guards.

All the court officials couldn't help but comment on him and said: "He looks extremely vicious! He defected from Nanxiao and deliberately wanted to lead the war! His heart is destructive! He deserves to be killed!"

Amidst the shouts and curses from everyone, Xiao Yan seemed very calm. Such scenes of grass on the wall being blown backwards by the wind were not uncommon to him, and he had even become accustomed to it and was not surprised at all.

Walking to the front of the main hall, Xiao Yan first bowed and saluted King Xiao Nanchen, then joined his palms and saluted the Emperor and the Queen Mother respectively.

"This is Xiao Yan." He said slowly.

Emperor Liu Hui and Queen Mother Qi Zhenzhen felt nervous when they saw the son of their greatest enemy.

Fortunately, Zhou Shengchen had already given instructions and drills in advance. Emperor Liu Hui managed to maintain his composure and asked: "Xiao Yan, let me ask you, why did you come to Beichen?"

All the courtiers immediately showed a common hatred and looked at Xiao Yan angrily.

Xiao Yanran replied: "The late emperor was murdered by Xiao Xu, the current emperor of Southern Xiao, and his mother was insulted by him. I am the posthumous son of the late emperor, so naturally I want to avenge the former emperor and his mother. Xiao Xu and I are not in the same boat, so Risk your life and escape. The world is so big, but I feel that only Beichen can help me."

Emperor Liu Hui nodded, and Queen Mother Qi Zhenzhen asked again: "In that case, why didn't you come directly to Zhongzhou for help instead of running to Xizhou, which is farther away?"

The courtiers did not dare to whisper or wink this time because King Xiao Nanchen was involved.